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My name is Scott Jeffery, and I am a Sign Language Service Coordinator at the Provincial Language Service (PLS) where I help coordinate delivery of the Provincial Medical Sign Language Interpreting Services (PMSLIS – known as MIS).

 When delivering interpreting services in health care, we face a number of challenges. Some relate to our ability to find available interpreters for pre-booked or emergency appointments.

In celebration of Disability Employment Month in BC, WorkBC is excited to be hosting three virtual hiring events as part of our Inclusive Hiring Week! All three events will be interpreted so they will be accessible to deaf attendees.

These employer-specific events are for job seekers with disabilities who’d like to learn about how each employer hires inclusively, what kind of accommodations they can make and what roles they’re hiring for. Here’s what it’ll look like:

Day 1: September 28, featuring Alliance Maintenance Ltd.
Day 2: September 29, featuring Meridian Farm Market
Day 3: September 30, featuring TJX Canada/Winners Merchants International L.P.

If you are or you’re working with a person with a disability who’d like to attend one or all of these events, register on Eventbrite below.

Alliance Maintenance Registration

Meridian Farm Market Registration

TJX Registration

Inclusive Hiring Week- poster

Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture is seeking artists in British Columbia who identify as living with
a disability for the possible inclusion in 10 x 5: Art and Disability, an artist talk featuring 10 artists.

My name is Somang Nam. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Industrial
Engineering program, University of Toronto.
I am kindly requesting your help to recruit participants for a virtual
research study that I am conducting titled: Understanding the
subjective Closed Captioning quality assessment by Deaf or Hard of
Hearing viewers.

The purpose of this study is to train an AI Closed Captioning quality
evaluator, named Cappy, by teaching them human ratings for certain
captions it would ask about.

Deborah Leigh – Escape
October 2 – 25, 2020

Born in Prince George in the early 1950’s, Deborah Leigh didn’t start to draw until she was in her 50’s. She discovered her talent later in life. During a period of recovery from an illness, Deborah started to “doodle” to help her relax. These “doodles” quickly evolved in size and in subject matter. Black and white shapes and forms turned into full coloured surreal landscapes with creatures, people, foliage, trees, houses, and so on.

Good news!

You have more time to complete our online survey if you have not done so already! We want to hear from you on how to build an accessible Canada for all!

Participate before September 30, 2020 to help us determine:

• how we can engage with you
• the research priorities for our next call for proposals
• the areas of focus for our next set of accessibility standards

Friendly remainder:

GVAD AGM 2020
September 26 at 1pm

More info, please contact GVADoffice@gmail.com

The Presidents Group, BC’s leadership table for CEOs and business owners committed to accessibility, is pleased to announce their new online learning series to help you become an Accessible Employer. 

 

Whether you are a business owner considering hiring your first employee with a disability, or a strong Diversity and Inclusion advocate in an organization with a track record for inclusion, you’ll benefit from these two webinars.

 

Both “The Business Case for Inclusive Culture and Why it Matters” and “Accommodations: Legal Requirements and Solutions” are one hour webinars and it’s free to register. ASL and CART will be provided.

 

Visit accessibleemployers.ca/news for details.

The Government of Canada is seeking qualified applicants for full-time and part-time member positions for the General Division of the Social Security Tribunal of Canada (SST). The application and selection process is open, transparent and merit-based.